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Long-time Williamsburg Tourism Director Alvin Sharpe showed up at the Williamsburg Tourism and Convention Center Saturday afternoon to commemorate change only it wasn’t exactly the change that he was expecting. He thought that the change he was commemorating was just the...

Williamsburg’s newest tourism director looks an awful lot like its last tourism director due in large part because it is the same person. After a 40-year tenure, Alvin Sharpe first retired as Williamsburg Tourism Director in August 2020, but agreed in May 2021 to come back as...

Residents and tourists apparently really enjoy eating at restaurants in Williamsburg. So much so that the Williamsburg Tourism Commission has raised projections for restaurant tax revenue by $225,000 for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

A newly created Williamsburg merchants’ group would like to see a new Williamsburg Tourism Director named sooner rather than later, the group told the Williamsburg City Council during its monthly meeting Monday. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...

The thing Alvin Sharpe is most proud of during his 40-year tenure as Williamsburg Tourism Director are all the projects that tourism has been able to accomplish, such as the creation of Briar Creek Park, construction of the Williamsburg Tourism and Convention Center and the...

For the second consecutive year, the Corbin Tourism Commission is taking issue with the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet’s tourism economic impact report concerning Whitley County. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every...

Whitley County, Williamsburg and Corbin tourism officials were honored Monday by the Kentucky Travel Industry Association with an Economic Engine Award for their work to make tourism a major economic driver in the community. “Tourism is a premiere driver of Kentucky’s economy....

Thanks to a little help from its friends, the Williamsburg Independent School District now has a new LED sign, which is located in front of the school. The $13,000 sign was paid for via donations from Forcht Bank, the Williamsburg Tourism Commission, the Williamsburg Independent...